Sometimes an ordinary user of a personal computer needs to find out some details about the installed hardware: make, model, as well as data such as ip and mac address, dns, etc. They can be obtained in several ways, for the execution of which in-depth knowledge of the affairs of the system administrator is not required.
It is necessary
system means of obtaining information about the parameters of the equipment
Instructions
Step 1
One of the easiest ways to determine the mac-address of any of the installed network devices is to read the instruction manual. On the network device itself, either in its settings or in the instructions, a specific mac-address should be indicated, but this data may not be found.
Step 2
In what cases can you face such a problem? When manually changed by the system administrator and when using the mac-address. In wireless networks, signal coding using a mac address is often used, it is almost impossible for an ordinary user to find it out, therefore this method is often used recently.
Step 3
The next method is also known to many users who at least once tried to find out the ip-address of their machine - using the ipconfig command. Click the "Start" menu and select "Run" or press the key combination Win + R. In the window that opens, enter the command cmd and press the Enter key.
Step 4
In the command prompt window that opens, enter the command "ipconfig / all" (do not forget to put a space between the ipconfig and / all expressions) without quotes and press Enter. Among the large number of previously unknown values, find the line "Physical address", it is a synonym for the term "mac-address". Your "physical address" can take the form of a long value, for example, 00-1B-21-85-5E-A4.
Step 5
A similar result can be obtained using the same command line. Run it and enter ping target. If a message appears on the screen about an incorrect command entry or a validation error, then you are using multiple network devices. In this case, entering the command "arp -a" without quotes will help you.
Step 6
Starting with the Windows XP operating system, the developers add the GetMac.exe program to the distribution kit. It is used to check the mac address and other data. At the command prompt, enter getmac / s localhost and press the Enter key. The required value will appear before the expression / Device / Tcpip_ {.
